The exhibition Three Centuries of Italian Art is an overview of 300 years of Italian art from 1500 to 1800 including masterworks from the Renaissance, Mannerist, Baroque and Rococo eras. More than one hundred works from public and private collections in cities such as Rome, Florence, Bologna, Venice and Naples are displayed chronologically. Subjects include Christian religious imagery, allegory, mythology, portraits and views.

Three Centuries of Italian Art was curated by Arte
e Civilta Fondazione Cultura Lombarda in collaboration with the Soprintendenza
di Roma.

The exhibition was arranged by the Italian Government
as its major international cultural promotion in the visual arts for 2002.

The National Gallery of Australia
acknowledges with gratitude the support of the Italian Government